Phylogenetic position of Ooplanctella planoconvexa, gen. et comb. nova and Echinocoleum elegans (Oocystaceae, Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta)
2010
Abstract
Molecular analysis of the 18S rRNA gene of C. planoconvexa CAUP H 5502 and E. elegans SAG 37.93 revealed that they both belong to Oocystaceae. However, the two strains were not a part of a monophyletic cluster.
Furthermore, their morphology differed, namely in the shape of their mucilaginous envelopes, and in their ability to form four–celled units in a broadened sporangial wall. Because the name Coenochloris cannot be used for members of Oocystaceae, a new genus Ooplanctella, with the type species O. lanoconvexa comb. nova, has been proposed.